Chris Smalley, LCMHCIOP Program in Sandy, UT
LCMHC, MBA
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As an MBA BYU graduate with a background in thought-field therapy, Chris serves as the clinical director. His specialties include spirituality, substance abuse treatment, and domestic dispute. He has previous clinical experience in both in-patient and out-patient settings, providing insight to client needs.
Credentials
LCMHC, MBA
Role
IOP Program
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
MI
Motivational Interviewing. A collaborative conversation that strengthens your own reasons for change rather than arguing you into it.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic Therapy. Explores the older patterns and unconscious dynamics underneath the surface behavior. Slower than skills-based work, deeper on the questions of why you reach for the thing you reach for.
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